MASS MOVEMENT
Date: Saturday 1 March
Location: Elder Park

Adelaide Festival’s opening weekend sees a one-moment-in-time dusk ‘happening’, as a mass of 1,000 dancers converge onto the natural amphitheatre of Elder Park for MASS MOVEMENT.

This thrillingly conceived work from one of Australia’s foremost choreographers, Stephanie Lake, is on a scale never before seen at Adelaide Festival, with dancers from every age group and genre coming together in a celebration of synchronised mass-movement.

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The Courtyard
Dates: Thursday 27 February – Sunday 16 March
Location: Festival Plaza

Beside the Festival Theatre and under a blanket of early autumn stars you’ll find The Courtyard, with live nightly programming that celebrates the extraordinary depth of South Australian talent complemented by Adelaide's finest DJs and a tempting selection of food and drink.

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Adelaide Writers’ Week
Dates: Saturday 1 - Thursday 6 March
Location: Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden

Literary luminaries from around the world come together to celebrate the art and craft of writing, and to satisfy our curiosity about how writers live, who they love and who they don’t.

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The Walking Track
Dates: Tuesday 11 March – Sunday 16 March
Location: Vitalstatistix, Waterside Workers Hall

Six new short performance works by local First Nations artists are embedded within the urban and natural landscape surrounding the iconic Waterside Workers Hall, home of Vitalstatistix in Yartapuulti, in this roving site-specific performance.

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